PeterMoretti wrote:Jay Niu wrote:Interesting but when I do any edits or preview, other than color grading, I see only one physical core being used. Even when exporting the final footage, the second CPU remains idle.
Are you saying that on the Color Page, you do see both CPU's and all cores being used?
P.S. Crazy idea, but in some situations, could dual CPU's actually require dual video cards?
I just played around more in the color tab, it seems again only one CPU is used when performing playback, which maybe 3 or 5 cores pegged at 90%+ depending on the effects applied. I understand that color is primarily a GPU intensive task. Some OpenFX filters such as watercolor brings the system to a standstill and the FPS is usually under 6.
Do you do not need two GPUs in a Dual CPU system, the QPI interconnect patch in dual CPU systems links everything together. However, you will have a minor performance drop lets say CPU 2 needs to access the GPU due to the slower nature of the QPI interconnect path, but this is rarely an issue for my workload.